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<div style="position:absolute;top:200;left:295">The Net Tender</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:289;left:295">Newsletter of St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:328;left:544">December 2010/January 2011 </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:800;left:58"><b>CAPITAL CAMPAIGN  </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:831;left:58"><b>REACHES IMPORTANT MILESTONE </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:862;left:58">Launched just four months weeks ago, the <i>Open Hearts Open Doors </i>Capital Campaign has already received </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:883;left:58">more than $400,000 in pledges, enough to cover the building construction plan approved by the Vestry. The </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:904;left:58">remaining $200,000 of the final $600,000 goal is for painting the Church, installing a new roof, and making </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:925;left:58">electrical and other upgrades. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:954;left:58">There are three goals for the Campaign: 100 percent participation, reaching the $600,000 financial goal, and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:975;left:58">receiving the pledge payments on a schedule that will permit us to begin contracting for construction as soon </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:996;left:58">as possible. All are important, but the most important is having everyone connected to the Church participate </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1016;left:58">in this Campaign. When we accomplish that, the other goals should fall into place. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1046;left:58">The Capital Campaign Committee is in the process of contacting all Parishioners from whom we have not   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1067;left:58">received a commitment to the Campaign. If you have not yet done so, please fill out and return your Capital </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1087;left:58">Campaign pledge envelope as soon as possible. If you have questions, please feel free to call Fred Benson at </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1108;left:58">288-9892, Joan Bromage at 244-3227, Jim Vekasi at 244-3499, Ann Cox Halkett at 288-5832, or Ted Fletcher </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1129;left:58">at 244-3115. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:402;left:281"><b>CLEAN UP AT ST. JOHN’S OCTOBER 30</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:429;left:281"><b>THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:1177;left:142"><b>Christmas Flowers:</b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:1176;left:324">St. John’s will be decorating the sanctuary for Christmas. If </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1197;left:144">you would like to make a donation in honor of or in memory of friends or relatives, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1217;left:143">please send your checks along with the names you wish to remember to the church  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1238;left:139">office. (Please designate “Christmas Flowers” on your check.)</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:1496;left:58">Returning home from retrieving Margaret and Ann </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1517;left:58">at the Portland Jetport late the night before the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1537;left:58">Joint Service with the other Island Parishes, I     </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1558;left:58">attempted a turn into an unlit gas station on Rt. 3 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1578;left:58">and I turned into a shallow ditch instead. The pas-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1599;left:58">sengers woke up with a start, unscathed, and every-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1619;left:58">one seemed no worse for this bump in the night. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1640;left:58">Driving home from there and wondering if the car </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1660;left:58">was going to make it,  I pondered another more </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1681;left:58">dramatic interruption twenty-five or more years </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1701;left:58">ago when I was returning home to a crucial church </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1722;left:58">service the next morning.</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1751;left:58">Nancy Gravatt and her broomstick deserve every</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1772;left:58">credit for getting me to the 8 AM Sunday service </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1793;left:58">and unwittingly introducing me to the Episcopal </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1813;left:58">Church during my junior year of college. My bap-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1834;left:58">tism is a more bizarre story. The following year the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1854;left:58">Assistant Rector graciously suggested that I should </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1875;left:58">be baptized. I agreed with some hesitation. I am not </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1895;left:58">sure why I agreed; it seemed the path of least resis-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1916;left:58">tance. Preferring to keep the occasion to myself </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1936;left:58">and not have to tell my family and classmates and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1957;left:58">therefore have to come up with explanations, I   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1977;left:58">inquired whether this could be done privately in the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1998;left:58">“old style” of the prior 1928 prayer book. I was </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2018;left:58">told “no,” that the Bishop would be in Lexington </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2039;left:58">(Virginia) in early March. I should be prepared to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2060;left:58">be baptized and confirmed then. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2089;left:58">The Friday before the Bishop’s visit I drove to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2109;left:58">Washington DC (four hours away) so that I could </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2130;left:58">purchase some snappier clothes for the occasion. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2150;left:58">On the way home Saturday night, the left rear tire </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2171;left:58">blew out sending my 1968 Saab spinning and roll-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2191;left:58">ing upside down into a ditch inches from a large </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2212;left:58">road cut between Marshall and Markham, Virginia. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2233;left:58">I climbed out a back window. The fire department</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2253;left:58">eventually arrived, cut battery cables, swept up </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2274;left:58">glass, and the car was towed. Now what? Deter-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2294;left:58">mined to get back to Lexington that night and not </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2315;left:58">let this interruption deter me from keeping my ap-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2335;left:58">pointment the next morning, I cajoled the elderly</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2356;left:58">tow truck operator to repair the car such that I </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2376;left:58">could drive home (covered in mud and missing a</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2397;left:58">driver’s side window). He must have thought I was </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2417;left:58">certifiably insane, notwithstanding my explana-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2438;left:58">tions. I did arrive home in the early morning hours, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2458;left:58">and showed up appropriately dressed at R. E. Lee </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1496;left:436">Episcopal Church at the appointed time. My sponsors </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1517;left:436">(perhaps with encouragement from Bishop and priest) </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1537;left:436">counseled me to leave the sacrament for another occasion. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1558;left:436">I persisted. (I later learned that my twin sister was also </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1578;left:436">confirmed on the same day at the same time at All Saints, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1599;left:436">South Hadley, unbeknownst to either of us.) </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1628;left:436">As much as I had occasion to wonder, “What was that all </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1649;left:436">about?” I never arrived at any satisfactory answers. A   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1669;left:436">divine joke on my vanity for thinking a decent blazer was </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1690;left:436">a necessary liturgical accessory? Perhaps one answer: that </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1710;left:436">in my persistence in driving home and honoring my ap-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1731;left:436">pointment was the recognition of an unforeseen trust and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1751;left:436">dependency on the kindness of strangers. I now have no </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1772;left:436">doubt that God was present with me that night, with the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1793;left:436">truck driver who saw me upside down in the ditch and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1813;left:436">called in the accident, with the fire department and with </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1834;left:436">the incredulous and kind tow truck driver. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1863;left:436">Critical moments tell us volumes about our character and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1884;left:436">integrity. This is just as true for groups of people as it is </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1904;left:436">for individuals. Although these past several months have </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1925;left:436">been disruptive of old patterns at St. Andrew and St John, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1945;left:436">they are also remarkable for the level of energy, excite-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1966;left:436">ment and engagement in the parish. We have invited and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:1986;left:436">welcomed almost twenty priests to serve at our altars, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2007;left:436">since Richard Tardiff resigned. Each one brought different </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2027;left:436">gifts and a different perspective. We know intellectually</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2048;left:436">that we need to adapt to changing times in our changing </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2068;left:436">community. Many in the parish suspect or believe that </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2089;left:436">these changes require significantly greater engagement and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2109;left:436">coordination with our sister Episcopal parishes on this   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2130;left:436">Island - not for the sake of survival of old patterns, but for </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2150;left:436">the sake of God’s mission and purpose. But we don’t know </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2171;left:436">what that will look and feel like. We do not have a road </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2192;left:436">map. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2221;left:436">This Advent we are asked for just whom and what it is we </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2242;left:436">are waiting to come. Reflecting on this past year, what do </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2262;left:436">you want for your relationship with God? For our common </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2283;left:436">life together? When were you surprised in these past </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2303;left:436">months? What has brought you joy? When were you dis-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2324;left:436">appointed? Where do you find hope? God sometimes </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2344;left:436">shows up at critical moments or rather we recognize God’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2365;left:436">presence in those moments.  Rather than waiting for a cri-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2385;left:436">sis, we can anticipate and explore what God asks of us, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2406;left:436">here this Advent. In any event, we should never lose sight </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2426;left:436">on what and on whom we depend. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2447;left:436">Persistently, </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3014;left:58"><b>ROLE OF THE PRIEST ASSOCIATE ON MDI </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3046;left:58">1.  Celebrate the Eucharist and Preach for two services each Sunday at one of the four Island Episcopal  </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3087;left:58">2.  Lead one of the mid-week services on an as-needed basis </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3108;left:58">3.  Participate and/or lead one of the adult education offerings developed for the six month experimental  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3128;left:85">Period </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3149;left:58">4.   Provide pastoral care support as requested by one of the three rectors or St. Andrew and St. John </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3170;left:58">5.   Meet with the area clergy team once per month or more often as the team determines </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3292;left:426"><b>COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3323;left:437">I love creating and serving family dinners and started do-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3344;left:437">ing so at a young age.  </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3364;left:437">I was a Girl Scout from 7-18 and travelled to Mystic, CT </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3385;left:437">and Washington, DC. I also enjoyed earning badges. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3406;left:437">I was the only American Laka Laka dancer at the wedding </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3426;left:437">of Princess Pilolevu, the daughter of a Polynesian King. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3447;left:437">I founded Huckleberry Pre-School in Montana. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3468;left:437">I climbed Bearhat Mountain (elevation 8,684 feet) in Gla-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3488;left:437">cier National Park. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3509;left:437">I started the Island Quilt Guild on MDI. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3530;left:437">I have competed in six marathons. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3550;left:552"><b>WHO AM I? </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3230;left:58"><b>Baked Bean Supper Thanks... </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3255;left:58">A big thank you to all who supported the 3rd </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3275;left:58">Annual Baked Bean Supper to benefit the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3296;left:58">Westside Food Pantry.  Edie Stanwood, Ida </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3317;left:58">Smallidge, Patsy Fogerty, Susan Buell, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3338;left:58">Peggy Walls, Alice Downs, Mary Vekasi, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3358;left:58">Nicole Carreno, Vesta Kowalski, Ted </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3379;left:58">Fletcher, Glenn and Michele Daley, Sarah </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3400;left:58">Flynn, Sue Newman, Ellen Gilmore, Mark </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3420;left:58">and Barbara Campbell, and new friend Kathy </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3441;left:58">Jewel. Special kudos to Dean Henry and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3462;left:58">Elaine and Bob Theriault without whom the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3482;left:58">evening would not have been possible. The </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3503;left:58">community presence was an example of  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3524;left:58">St. Johns outreach made visible. We raised </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3545;left:58">over $700 for the beginning of the Food  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3565;left:58">Pantry season. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3586;left:58">Thanks be to God! </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3606;left:58">Mary, Jean, and Dianne</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2609;left:58"><b>CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-A-LONG  </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2640;left:58"><b>AT THE STRAUS CENTER </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2671;left:63">Members of the St. John Singers and other joyous voices will be singing Christmas </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2692;left:58">Carols at the Straus Center (adjacent to the SWH Medical Center) at 10:30 a.m. on    </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2713;left:58">Monday, December 20. Please arrive a few minutes early to &quot;tune up.&quot; Bill Voorhies </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2733;left:58">will be leading us on the piano, and songbooks will be provided - a good time for all is</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2754;left:58">certain. For more information please call Fred Benson (288-9892). </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2785;left:58"><b>CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:2816;left:230">We have ordered 20 small poinsettia plants from Gail Royal at Westside Florist, for </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2837;left:230">our older parishioners at home and in Colliers &amp; Sonogee, and in the Knox Road </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2858;left:230">home.  Gail supplied lovely little daffodils last spring and I know these plants will be </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2878;left:230">beautiful too.  There are a few ways you might be able to help with this project – with </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2899;left:230">a donation  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2920;left:230">toward their cost, by helping to write the cards to go with them, and/or by helping to  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2940;left:230">deliver them.  They will be ready on December 16, so please give Joan Bromage a call </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2961;left:230">(244-3227) or an email (joan @<a href="http://bromage.us" target="_blank">bromage.us</a>). (<i>Remember also the opportunity to give </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:2986;left:230"><i>memorial donations for our church decorations.)</i></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3836;left:58">Our pipe organ, Greta, is in better shape than ever.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3854;left:58">David Wallace recently re-leathered the wind regula-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3872;left:58">tors  -- a major restoration that was needed to pre-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3890;left:58">serve the long-term health of the organ.   This has </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3908;left:58">eliminated excess noise coming from the blower, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3926;left:58">which was the result of continued decay of the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3944;left:58">leather and rubber cloth on the wind regulators.    </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3971;left:58">During a recent service I played a short piece titled </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3993;left:58"><i>Meditation for Organ</i>, written by Peter Schickele for </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4007;left:58">Marilyn Dolliver, the long-time, devoted, and much-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4025;left:58">beloved organist and music director at St. John.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4043;left:58">When Mr. Schickele (best known as the preeminent </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4061;left:58">scholar on P.D.Q. Bach and his works) gave this </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4079;left:58">composition to Marilyn, he accompanied it with a </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4097;left:58">letter.  This letter and the score of the music are </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4115;left:58">framed and displayed on the wall of the church near </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4133;left:58">the organ.  Some in our congregation have expressed </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4151;left:58">an interest in seeing that letter in the Net Tender.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4169;left:58">Here it is.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4202;left:58"><i>October 4, 2000 </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4223;left:63"><i>Dear Marilyn: </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4244;left:63"><i>Theodore Fletcher has written me that something is </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4264;left:58"><i>planned to recognize your enormous contributions </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4285;left:58"><i>to music in your area, and also the extraordinary </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4306;left:58"><i>collection of organ music you have made. </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4335;left:58"><i>So I thought that, instead of writing a few words to </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4356;left:58"><i>be read to you, I would make a very very tiny addi-</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4377;left:58"><i>tion to your collection of organ music.   </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4407;left:58"><i>I had been thinking about writing a little piece for </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4427;left:58"><i>you after Mr. Fletcher contacted me, but I had not </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4448;left:58"><i>gotten around to it yet.  Then one evening I decided </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4469;left:58"><i>to go to a movie at the Cineplex at the Hudson Val-</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4489;left:58"><i>ley Mall in Kingston, New York, and for some rea-</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4510;left:58"><i>son I ended up with about an hour to spare.  Actu-</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4531;left:58"><i>ally, I love sitting in the food court of that mall, </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4551;left:58"><i>watching the teenagers gossip and flirt with each </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4572;left:58"><i>other, and just checking out all kinds of people that I </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4593;left:58"><i>don’t see in my everyday life (I sometimes feel that I </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4614;left:58"><i>become almost invisible --- as if I’m enclosed in a </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4634;left:58"><i>bubble of quiet in that noisy space), and all of a sud-</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4655;left:58"><i>den an idea for your little piece came to me, and I </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4676;left:58"><i>wrote it down on my extra Taco Bell napkins.    </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4705;left:58"><i>Later, of course, I copied it out neatly for you, but I </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4726;left:58"><i>thought if you’re a music collector that you might </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4747;left:58"><i>like to have the original Urtext napkins as well. </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3842;left:450"><i>I think fondly of those Ear Training classes on the </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3863;left:450"><i>ground floor at Julliard; I’ve always regretted that I </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3884;left:450"><i>never made good on my intention to travel the world </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3904;left:450"><i>with my Trained Ear Circus. </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3933;left:450"><i>With my best wishes,  </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3953;left:450"><i>Peter Schickele </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:3980;left:450">And from your current organist and music director: Best</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4001;left:450">wishes for a peaceful and happy holiday season and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4022;left:450">New Year. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4041;left:450">Stephen Sampson</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:3797;left:58"><b>NOTES FROM THE ORGAN BENCH </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4088;left:450"><b>ON SALE NOW! </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4118;left:450"><i>Through the Window of the Ordinary </i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4139;left:646">The liturgies of Holy Week </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4160;left:646">are unique in their visual </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4181;left:646">power and liturgical beauty.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4201;left:646">These lavish and magnificent </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4222;left:646">photographs, taken at St. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4243;left:646">James Episcopal Cathedral in </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4264;left:646">Chicago by Maine photogra-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4284;left:646">pher (and St. John parish-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4305;left:450">ioner) Anne Wetzel are coupled with poetic meditations </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4326;left:450">and theological commentary for each service by liturgist </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4346;left:450">the Rev. Janet Campbell of Seattle.   Price $35.00</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4387;left:450"><i>William Hawley’s CDs</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4408;left:450">World reknowned composer and St. John parishioner, </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4429;left:450">William Hawley has allowed St. John to sell a variety of </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4450;left:450">music CDs all of which contain works by Bill. Included </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4470;left:450">in the sale is <i>Requiem</i>, premiered by the St. Dominic’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4491;left:450">Choir, Orchestra, and organ, conducted by Simon Berry. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4512;left:450">Price is $15 each. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4696;left:450">All proceeds for the book and CDs go toward St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:4720;left:450"><i>Open Hearts, Open Doors </i>Capital Campaign. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:4989;left:88"><b>WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER &amp; JANUARY </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5024;left:336"><b>Advent 2—Sunday, December 5 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5041;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5061;left:202">Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5082;left:362">The Rev. Chuck Bradshaw </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5107;left:331"><b>Advent 3—Sunday, December 12 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5123;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5144;left:161">Psalm 146:4-9 or Canticle 3 or 15; Isaiah 35:1-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5165;left:351">The Rev. Jonathan Appleyard </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5189;left:331"><b>Advent 4—Sunday, December 19 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5206;left:315">8:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5227;left:207">Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5248;left:348">The Rev. Emily Blair Stribling </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5268;left:255">10:00 a.m.—Advent Lessons and Carols at St. Saviour’s</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5293;left:372"><b>Friday, Christmas Eve </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5310;left:315">5:00 p.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5330;left:271">Psalm 96, 97, 98; Isaiah 9:2-7 or 62:6-12 or 52:7-10 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5351;left:221">Titus 2:11-14, 3:4-7, Hebrews 1:1-12; Luke 2:1-20 or John 1:1-14 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5372;left:348">The Rev. Emily Blair Stribling </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5392;left:292">10:00 p.m.—Joint Celebration at St. Saviour’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5413;left:351">The Rev. Jonathan Appleyard </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5438;left:361"><b>Saturday, Christmas Day </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5455;left:315">9:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5475;left:366">The Rev. Vesta Kowalski </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5500;left:322"><b>Christmas 1—Sunday, December 26 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5517;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5537;left:213">Psalm 147; Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Galatians 3:23-25, 4:4-7; John 1:1-18 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5562;left:331"><b>Christmas 2—Sunday, January 2 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5579;left:275">8:00  and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5603;left:332"><b>Epiphany—Thursday, January 6 </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5620;left:194">5:30 p.m.—Observance of the Feast of Epiphany at Church of Our Father </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5641;left:285">Potluck supper and conversation follows service </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5665;left:343"><b>Sundays, January 9, 16, 23, 30</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5682;left:277">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5703;left:337">[<i>check weekly e-mail for updates]</i></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5748;left:264"><b>Thursdays: </b>12:30 p.m.—Holy Eucharist at St. John’s </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5789;left:313"><b>9:00 Sunday Forums </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:5820;left:319">December 5—In Gathering, No Forum </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5841;left:262">December 12—<i>Vietnam: A Second Look</i>, Fred Benson </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5861;left:313">December 19—Joint Service, No Forum</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5882;left:200">January 2—<i>The Church and Pedophilia: Sin or Crime?</i>, Robert Gossart </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5903;left:288">January 9—<i>Feeding the Hungry</i>, Larry Stettner </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5923;left:212">January 16—<i>Peacemakers in the near East</i>, Bob and Maurine Tobin </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5944;left:269">January 23—<i>Gandhi’s Way to Peace</i>, Douglas Allen </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:5965;left:238">January 30—<i>The Emerging Church: What is it?</i>, Sarah Flynn </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6203;left:127">Birthdays </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6259;left:165"><b>DECEMBER</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6280;left:146">2—Shelby Young </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6300;left:157">3—Ginny Agar </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6321;left:145">3—Vicky Vendrell </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6342;left:147">4—Scott Hatcher </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6362;left:136">23—Floyd Parkman </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6383;left:154">23—Joe Wright </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6404;left:172"><b>JANUARY</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6425;left:147">8—Carol Storace </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6445;left:135">11—Gracie Carreno </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6466;left:154">13—Rod Lucas </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6487;left:144">19—Jacob Fallica </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6507;left:147">20—Peggy Walls </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6528;left:149">20—Cecily Clark </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6549;left:159">28—Bill Baker </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6569;left:145">30—Judy Obbard </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6590;left:154">31—Sally Clark </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6619;left:137">Wedding</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6658;left:90">Anniversaries </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6709;left:165"><b>DECEMBER</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6730;left:99">21—Peter and Judith Obbard </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6751;left:172"><b>JANUARY</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6771;left:99">22—Paul and Margot Haertel </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6835;left:58"><b>GRETA’S NEW LUNGS </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6866;left:396">Over a year ago, when David Wallace (Greta&#39;s restorer) was </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6887;left:396">here to tune her, he recommended replacing the old leather and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6908;left:396">rubber fabric cloth on her wind regulators.  The wheezing </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6928;left:396">you&#39;ve heard from Greta is from the increasing noise of the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6949;left:396">blower as related to the continuing decay of the leather and rub-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6970;left:396">ber cloth on them. The more the wind leaked from the deterio-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6990;left:396">rating leather the harder the blower had to work to keep the  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7011;left:396">organ&#39;s wind supply up to required capacity. The harder the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7032;left:396">blower works, the more it groans.  In October, the Finance </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7052;left:396">Committee recommended and the vestry approved of making </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7073;left:396">these repairs.  David and his assistant Gwyn (his &quot;leatherer&quot;) </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7094;left:396">arrived on November 9</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7094;left:577">and removed the regulators.  They </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7115;left:396">were taken to Gorham and the old material removed and  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7135;left:58">replaced (the edges of the new leather is outlined in white on the attached image).  On Friday, the 19th, the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7156;left:58">team returned and tuned the organ, and reinstalled the regulators.  Commenting on the job, David said they </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7177;left:58">should be good for the next hundred years.  We agreed that when that happened, neither of us would be around </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7197;left:58">to participate! </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7216;left:58">Ted Bromage</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6173;left:396"><b>JESSUP PRISON CHRISTMAS CARD </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6201;left:396"><b>PROJECT </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6237;left:396">Elaine and Mary </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6258;left:396">packed close to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6279;left:396">3,000 Christmas </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6300;left:396">cards for Chaplain </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6320;left:396">Bellamy to be given </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6341;left:396">to Jessup Prison </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6362;left:396">inmates in Mary-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6382;left:396">land. The inmates </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6403;left:396">will select several </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6424;left:396">cards and mail them</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6444;left:396">home to family </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6465;left:396">members over the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6486;left:396">holidays.  This was </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6507;left:396">a 4-parish project </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6527;left:396">and many thanks are given to all that participated. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6585;left:396"><b>CAN YOU HELP WITH A CHRISTMAS </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6611;left:396"><b>RIDE FOR BARRY POLLARD? </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6637;left:396">Barry would love to be with her daughter at Christmas time this </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6658;left:396">year. She is in assisted living at Birch Bay and her daughter Sue </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6679;left:396">Myers-Small lives in Westport CT. If you are driving south  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6699;left:396">before Christmas and could take Barry even part-way, Sue and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6720;left:396">Steve could meet you anywhere from Boston area south to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6741;left:396">Westport.  They can bring her back to Maine after Christmas.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:6761;left:396">Give Sue a call at 203-981-7808, or email at </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:6782;left:396"><a href="mailto:suechef99@aol.com" target="_blank">suechef99@aol.com</a> <font color="#000000" face="Times">-- and/or call Joan Bromage at 244-3227.   </font></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7361;left:58"><b>WESTSIDE FOOD PANTRY </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7396;left:58"><b>The Westside Food Pantry </b>opened its doors for the 20th Season on Sunday, November 7; the need of our </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7413;left:58">community continues to grow.  We distributed $12,770 in vouchers for the month of November, serving 231 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7434;left:58">adults and 90 children.  (The same period last year, we distributed $10,910 in vouchers to 206 adults and 75 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7455;left:58">children.)  We assisted twenty-five new clients this month as well as many of our regulars. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7488;left:58"><b>The Quietside Helping Hands </b>provided a delectable buffet under the inspired direction of Chiaolin Korona to </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7505;left:58">benefit the Westside Food Pantry.  They raised over $1,000 for us as well as raising community awareness </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7526;left:58">about the food insecurity that exists on our beautiful island home. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7556;left:58">With the help of many enthusiastic hands, Karen Craig and I oversaw the distribution of 123 hearty <b>Thanks-</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7580;left:58"><b>giving Dinners </b>(up from 94 last year), lovingly assembled by our friends at the Bar Harbor Congregational </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7597;left:58">Church.  Morning Glory Bakery donated the delicious pumpkin pies that accompanied each dinner. Every </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7618;left:58">year more schools and churches join in to help make these dinners a reality for both our own Westside Food </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7639;left:58">Pantry and the Bar Harbor Food Pantry. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7672;left:58"><b>The Southwest Food Mart </b>created their own inspired fundraiser this year on our behalf.  Their “Turkey Help-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7689;left:58">ing Hands” (purchased for $1 each) boosted the coffers by over $300! </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7722;left:58"><b>The MDI Lions Club and the Southwest Harbor Police Department </b>are again helping us to provide Christ-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7739;left:58">mas Dinners to our clients in cooperation with the Southwest Food Mart. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7769;left:58">We are also enrolling client’s children for the <b>Angel Tree </b>sponsored by “The First”.  Stop by the Southwest </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7790;left:58">Harbor Branch on Main Street to choose a child and become someone’s Angel. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7819;left:58">The need for this valuable ministry continues to increase.  We thank ALL of you who help us make this possi-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7840;left:58">ble. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7860;left:63">Barbara Campbell, Chair </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7928;left:619"><b>WHO AM I? </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8354;left:655">Mary Vekasi </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7901;left:58"><b>THE LIGHTER SIDE…. </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:7933;left:58">There were five houses of religion in a small Florida town:  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7952;left:98">The Presbyterian Church,  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7971;left:98">The Baptist Church,  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:7990;left:98">The Methodist Church,   </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8009;left:98">The Catholic Church and  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8027;left:98">The Jewish Synagogue... </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8046;left:58">Each church and Synagogue was overrun with pesky squirrels.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8065;left:98">One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8084;left:58">what to do about the squirrels.  After much prayer and consideration </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8103;left:58">they determined that the squirrels were pre-destined to be there and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8122;left:58">they shouldn&#39;t interfere with God&#39;s divine will.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8141;left:98">In The Baptist Church the squirrels had taken up habitation in </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8160;left:58">the baptistery.  The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8179;left:58">baptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels escaped some-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8198;left:58">how and there were twice as many there the next week.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8217;left:98">The Methodist Church got together and decided that they were </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8236;left:58">not in a position to harm any of God&#39;s creation.  So, they humanely</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8255;left:58">trapped the squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8274;left:58">town.  Two days later the squirrels were back.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8293;left:98">But......The Catholic Church came up with the best and most </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8312;left:58">effective solution. They baptized the squirrels and registered them as</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8331;left:58">members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas, Ash </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8350;left:58">Wednesday, Palm Sunday and Easter.  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8369;left:98">Not much was heard about the Jewish Synagogue, but they took</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8388;left:58">one squirrel and had a short service with him called circumcision and </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8407;left:58">they haven&#39;t seen a squirrel on the property since. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8549;left:45">The Net Tender - </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8560;left:281">December 2010/January 2011 </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8594;left:93">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8624;left:45">315 Main Street ● P.O. Box 767 ● Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8639;left:45">Phone: Church Office 207-244-3229 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8655;left:45">E-mail: <b><a href="mailto:saints315@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">saints315@myfairpoint.net</a> </b>/ website: <b><a href="http://www.saintsmdi.org" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.org</a> </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8674;left:45"><b>Office Hours: </b>Monday · Tuesday · Thursday, 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9138;left:139"><b>INSIDE: </b></div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9154;left:68">Anniversaries/Birthdays</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9154;left:251">6 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9172;left:68">Baked Bean Supper </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9172;left:251">3</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9189;left:68">Capital Campaign</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9189;left:251">1</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9206;left:68">Christmas Cards</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9206;left:251">6 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9223;left:68">Christmas Flowers</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9223;left:239">1/3 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9241;left:68">Christmas Sing-a-long </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9241;left:251">3</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9258;left:68">Clean-Up Day</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9258;left:251">1 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9275;left:68">Forums</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9275;left:251">5 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9292;left:68">Lighter Side</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9292;left:251">7 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9309;left:68">On Sale</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9309;left:251">4 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9327;left:68">Organ Notes/Repairs</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9327;left:239">4/6 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9344;left:68">Position Description </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9344;left:251">3</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9361;left:68">Ride Needed </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9361;left:251">6</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9379;left:68">Sr. Warden’s Notes</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9379;left:251">2 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9396;left:68">Westside Food Pantry</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9396;left:251">7</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9413;left:68">Who Am I?</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9413;left:239">3/7 </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9430;left:68">Worship Schedule/Scripture 5 </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:8729;left:45"><b>Priest Associate </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8744;left:45">Emily Blair Stribling </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8768;left:45"><b>Parish Administrator </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8783;left:45">Michele Daley  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8808;left:45"><b>Music Director</b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8823;left:45">Stephen Sampson </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8848;left:45"><b>Editors </b></div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8862;left:45">Nicole Carreno </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:8883;left:45">Mary Vekasi </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9482;left:59">If you no longer wish to receive the</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9499;left:59">Net Tender or prefer to receive it by  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9516;left:59">e-mail, please call the church office. </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9558;left:110">Deadline for articles for  </div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9575;left:78">February Net Tender is January 21</div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9144;left:328">Many hands make light work and Nicole and Mary are thankful to every-</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9165;left:328">one who has helped them work on the Net Tender. </div>
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<div style="position:absolute;top:9505;left:470">Mary Mitchell, Nicole and Bella Carreno</div>
<div style="position:absolute;top:9522;left:433">are getting November&#39;s Net Tender ready for mailing.   </div>
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